Penholder.



Patented Jan. I4, I902.

N0. B9l,098.

c. w. BARKLEY.

P E N H D L D E R.

(Application filed Sept. 11 1901.)

(No Model.)

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CHARLES IV. BARKLEY, OF SEWARD, NEBRASKA.

PENHOLDER.

SPIEGIFIUATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,098, dated January 14, 1902. Application filed September 11, 1901. Serial No. 75,084. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. BARKLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Seward, in the county of Seward and State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Penholders, of which the following is a f ull,olear,and exact description.

This invention relates to a penholder of such construction that the pen may be held conveniently, and yet when it is desired to do so the pen may be ejected without the necessity of applying ones fingers to it.

This specification is a specific description of one form of my invention, while the claims are definitions of its actual scope.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Figure 1 is a side view of the penholder with the pen thereon. Fig. 2 is a sectional View illustrating the manner of ejecting the pen. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the penholder with the pen in normal position. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the slide which fits in the ferrule of the penholder.

a represents the ferrule. 17 represents the stock. The latter is formed preferably of wood and provided at one end with a split part 1), adapted to fit friction-tight within the ferrule. (See Fig.3.) The other end of the stock I) has a reduced portion b fthe purpose of which will be explained hereinafter. Within the ferrule a fits the slide, whichis frictiontight therein and formed, preferably, of a section of sheet metal tubulated, as shown, and comprising a main portion 0 and a pen-engaging part c. The slide is of spring material, and owingto this fact it is held in the ferrule so as to slide therein only when a positive pressure is applied. The pen is projected into the ferrule (see Fig. 8) and against the penengaging part c of the slide. By the spring action of this part c of the slide the pen is held firmly in place.

The split or spring part b of the stock I) is removably fitted within the ferrule, the parts lying normally as in Fig. 3. I11 order to eject a pen, the stock 6 should be withdrawn from the position shown in Fig. 3 and the reduced part b projected into the ferrule. (See Fig. 2.) This pushes the slide partly out of the ferrule, and the shank of the pen, engaging againsta shoulder 0 formed on the slide, will be carried out therewith until the pen is wholly disengaged from the ferrule. The slide may then be pushed back into position and the stock returned to its normal posit-ion, whereupon a new pen may be placed inthe holder in the ordinary manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A penholder, comprising a ferrule, a stock having a spring end removably fitted in the ferrule, the other end of the stock being reduced for the purpose specified, and a pen-securing slide fitting in the ferrule.

2. In a penholder, the combination of the ferrule, a stock removably fitted therein for the purpose specified, and a pen-securing slide mounted in the ferrule, said slide being made of a section of spring sheet metal rolled to form a split tube having a reduced portion terminating in a shoulder, the reduced portion being engaged by the shank of the pen and the shoulder striking the end of the shank to eject the pen.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES WV. BARKLEY.

Witnesses:

HOW'ARD N. GoLMAN, BENJAMIN F. NORVAL. 

